Head of Comp Sci at Radley College. Robots. STEM and occasional nonsense. VEX evangelist. MIE. Photography on Instagram and twitter @augustvisual
Joined February 2017
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Alastair Vaan retweeted
Apr 17
In fact programming is particularly good at teaching you how to think. Programs are literally built out of ideas. Which is one reason it's still a good idea to study CS in the AI era. It's still important to be able to think well.
Apr 17
'Learning to program teaches you how to think. Computer science is a liberal art.' -- Steve Jobs
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Alastair Vaan retweeted
17 Nov 2025
Want to make a difference and help inspire the next generation of STEM leaders? 🤖 Volunteer for VEX Robotics Competitions through the @REC_Foundation! Check out what roles are available and see how you can bring your skill set to your local competitions: buff.ly/OJIel7z
ALT A volunteer checks the size of a VEX IQ robot.
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10 Oct 2025
What a pleasure to end up sat on a table all day with @mberry @suesentance and more talking AI education.
And thanks @Raspberry_Pi foundation for the invite! So much potential in this space.
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Alastair Vaan retweeted
3 Sep 2025
Our breakthrough work on an analog optical computer points to new ways to solve complex real-world problems with much greater efficiency. Super to see this published today in @Nature. news.microsoft.com/source/fe…
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16 Apr 2025
Quite a lot of Skye feels like Mordor, only with better food…
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Alastair Vaan retweeted
3 Apr 2025
ICYMI: Earth’s sea ice reached a new low in 2025. 🌊🧊
Arctic sea ice cover reached its lowest annual maximum on record and Antarctic sea ice cover was the second-lowest on record in March of 2025. go.nasa.gov/3Y7fZQX
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Alastair Vaan retweeted
19 Mar 2025
A couple weeks ago, 150 VIQRC & V5RC teams competed at the UK National Championship in Telford, England! 🌟 These teams showed the high caliber of robotics excellence in the United Kingdom! @VEXRoboticsUK
We look forward to greeting some of you at #VEXWorlds this May! ✈️🤖
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28 Feb 2025
Drivers meeting time. UK Vex Nationals 2025
Three Radley teams, inspected and raring to go.
A huge 12 match qualification session, over two days follows.
Let’s go!
🧵naturally…
@RadleyCollege @VEXRoboticsUK #omgrobots
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1 Mar 2025
In a lovely moment, Ibex post a 26 skills to place 5th with the skills queue getting shorter and shorter. A great testament to their skill and a super contrast to a difficult qualification session.
Two teams in top 5 national skills. 👌
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1 Mar 2025
Icarus and Ringo safely through to the semis. And one will advance to the final. The third year running for a Radley team in the finals. Outstanding!
@RadleyCollege @RadleyEnrich
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12 Feb 2025
Amazing fun getting back into Vex IQ - running a regional today for Pegasus School in Oxford.
Always amazed at the youngest engineers, and so proud of our partnership ES teams competing among the middle schoolers.
#omgrobots
@RadleyLinks
@VEXRoboticsUK
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1 Feb 2025
Love a whopping screen backdrop. Great show by @StChrisSenior for today’s Vex V5RC Regional.
Three @RadleyCollege teams competing today.
Here we go!
#omgrobots @VEXRoboticsUK
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1 Feb 2025
Icarus top of skills and qualifies 2nd to form top alliance. Ibex and Icarus form 6th seed. Knockouts time!
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1 Feb 2025
All teams to the semis.
Icarus all the way. Teamwork and Skills Champ.
Lots learned.
A great day of robotics.
#omgrobots
@RadleyCoCurr @RadleyEnrich
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